Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Dark night of the soul? Review of Louise Doughty’s Platform Seven
25 Oct 2019REVIEW: PLATFORM SEVEN I like dark stories. I have no problem with light stories, either, but there’s something about a…
Review: Joe Country by Mick Herron
11 Sep 2019REVIEW: JOE COUNTRY BY MICK HERRON Publishers, agents and readers love a running series. Like a fast food outlet a…
Paris by noir – Review: Clementina by Simon Cann
13 Jun 2019Paris by noir – review: Clementina by Simon Cann Last week I wrote about honesty in writing – how it…
Death by Monet: Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi
14 Feb 2019Black Water Lilies review The struggles of three women – a child, a school-teacher and an elderly woman about to…
Liam Glass gets a BookBub recommendation
14 Nov 2018This week I have exciting news: my novel has landed a prestigious BOOKBUB RECOMMENDATION. They’re putting my debut noir thriller The…
English noir at the seaside? Review: MJ Arlidge’s thriller ‘Eeeny Meeny’
24 Oct 2018English noir or seaside noir? We’ve had classic Hollywood noir, Scandi noir and the fast-rising Tartan noir, north of the…
Don’t trust Jed Mercurio – he’s a crime writer
12 Sep 2018Have you been watching Jed Mercurio’s latest series, Bodyguard? Do you trust him? A review in a paper this week…
Living on the edge
16 Aug 2018Living on the edge. It was one of these special places on the edge of things. Where you place a…
How seductive is the call of Sirens – review of Joseph Knox’s debut noir
16 May 2018Sirens – this week’s review in the Library Corner I was standing in Waterstones, asking for dark crime stories, when…
